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Gah, I was planning an HL2 mod with a mechanic (and similar theme / characters!) like this 5 years ago… I couldn’t bear to make it positive or hopeful at all, but by then the bitterness had dried-up inside me and I was, emotionally, unable to make something as resentful as I wanted… anyway, good to see this here!

The concept is beautiful and I certainly really liked it, but I felt there was something just a bit too fastidious and methodical about the interaction that detracted from the emotional engagement. Still very good to experience.

Yeah, I went through a similar progression. But once in the apartment (the second area) it suddenly hit me that the cold efficiency with which I was clicking everything away felt, in fact, like a tantrum, frantic. From that point on I found the whole thing remarkably moving.

I also like how at times the implication seems to be that you’re emptying out a memory space — almost surely fruitlessly — and at other times it implies you’re literally emptying out your apartment.